Read More

Read More

"Fire control promptly mobilised one fire appliance from Yelverton, one fire appliance from Princetown, one fire appliance from Bere Alston and one fire appliance from Okehampton. In addition the incident command vehicle from Totnes, the welfare unit from Ivybridge and three duty officers were mobilised to assist at this incident.

"The incident commander confirmed a shed was well alight and has spread to the roof of a pair of semi detached houses. Crews at work extinguishing the fire using four breathing apparatus, one hose reel jet, two main jets, one thermal imaging camera, one 135 ladder, one 105 ladder and small tools.

"The incident command confirmed a hundred percent of the roof of both properties was severely damaged by the fire. The first floor in one of the properties was severely damaged by the fire and the other property had fifty percent fire damaged to the first floor.

"This incident has been handed over to the police for scene of crime to attend in the morning alongside a fire investigation officer to determine the cause of the fire."

Read More

Read More

Cathy Haglington said: "The noise outside was loud enough to wake us up. The fence was a wall of flame!

"The whole back yard and roof were engulfed in fire...

"I phoned 999 for firebrigade. My husband Andrew Haglington went out there, very brave, trying to help, alerting neighbours, using our watering can to wet anything that might catch fire from all the sparks.

"Flames and smoke everywhere as we moved our cars out of the way. Just awful."